is the tenth album by
Chara, which was released on August 31, 2005. It was released independently, and only 2,000 copies were produced. These were distributed between her online fan-club, as well as at live concerts.
Chara describes Something Blue's style as much darker than her other work. She self-produced the album, completely writing and arranging it, along with recording it in her own home.
She created the album despite not having a music contract, as "music was her life, and something she couldn't just stop."
Chara describes that time in her life as painful and depressing, and re-listening to the recordings brought back such memories. This is her rationale as to why the album has not been re-released since.
Two months prior to the release of this album, Chara had released a digital single, . This was used as the theme song for the Japanese release of the movie
March of the Penguins
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While this was not included in the album, an extended EP of this was later released on iTunes. It featured three ''Something Blue'' tracks (''Love Me'', , ''Mirror Ball''). The EP has since been removed from iTunes.
The guitar chords from the song were later used in her comeback single under
Universal Japan, . The song is a self-cover of the song ''Mama Says'' that Chara wrote for
Misia
commonly known as and stylized in all caps, is a Japanese singer and songwriter. Born in Tsushima, Nagasaki, Misia moved to Fukuoka at the age of 14 to pursue a recording career. There, she continued her secondary education and briefly attend ...
for her ''
Singer for Singer
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'' album in 2004.
Track listing
References
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Chara (singer) albums
2005 albums
Experimental music albums by Japanese artists
Art pop albums